Barrel rolling and tilting apparatus



Dec. 24, 1.

c. F. HELMIG BARREL ROLLING AND TIL-TING APPARATUS Filed De c. 24, 1938 Patented Dec. 24, 1940 UNITED STATES BARREL ROLLING AND TILTING I APPARATUS Carl Friedrich Helmig, Planltz, Saxony, Germany Application December 24, 1938, Serial No. 247,693 In Germany December 29, 1937 2 Claims.

This invention relates to an apparatus for rolling barrels, drums and the like, in which a fork held together by a spring rotatably holds a barrel or drum on the two head ends by means of bent, cross-shaped supporting members loosely rotatable on pins on the ends of the fork.

When it was desired to empty drums transported by a rolling apparatus, this presented difficultles because the drum has to be brought on to a higher place, such as a curbstone or earth mound, or a drum lifting and tilting device was required for the emptying operation.

According to the-invention the rolling apparatus is constructed so that it can be used also as a tilting and emptying support as its rolling frame is on the two head ends of the drum eccentric thereto so that, when the rolling frame is swung over, the two eccentric portions lift the drum and support it clear of the ground for carrying out the emptying operation by correspondingly turning the drum, barrel or the like.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus fitted on a drum and in rolling position.

Fig. 2 shows the apparatus swung over into emptying position the drum being raised and held clear of the ground.

Fig. 3 shows the connection by means of pins between the fork, the eccentric members and the supporting members.

A fork b bent to form a handle 0 provided with a connecting strap d forms a resilient frame, and

- holds a barrel or drum a by means of two crossshaped supporting members e loosely mounted on pins 1 bearing against the two heads of the drum. In order to place in position and to remove the supporting members e, it is only necessary to pull apart the arms of the fork band the connecting strap d is removed.

However, to enable the drum to be emptied after it has been rolled to the placewhere it is required, the frame has eccentric members 9 one on each arm of the fork b.

If the fork is swung through its upright position indicated in dash lines in Fig. 2 and pressed downwards in the direction of the arrow into the position shown in solid linesin Fig. 2, the drum is first gradually raised by the eccentric members g coming into contact with and rolling ,on the ground, and then supported in its raised position by the eccentric members g assisted by the connecting strap (1. In this position the drum a, held by the cross-shaped supporting members 2 pressing against its ends, can be rotated with these members aboutthe pins f for the purpose of emptying the drum.

I claim:

. 1. An apparatus for rolling and emptying barrels, drums and the like, comprising in combination a resilient fork-shaped frame having two arms, two pins one on the free end of each of said arms, two cross-shaped members one rotatably mounted on each of said pins, and adapted to resiliently bear against the heads of a drum, two eccentric members one fixed to the free end of each of said arms and adapted to bear against the ground and to raise the drum and to rotatably support it in the raised position by means of said cross-shaped members for the purpose of emptying, when said frame is swung over through its vertical position.

2. In an apparatus for rolling and emptying barrels, drums and the like, as specified in claim '1, a transverse member resiliently connecting the arms of the frame and adapted to assist the eccentric members in supporting the drum in its raised position.

CARL FRIEDRICH HELMIG. 

